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New OSRs not necessarily better!

THE FIRST salvoes in the fight to get a bigger share of the oilseed rape market for next year are already being fired, with a leading figure in the seed trade saying that this season’s new oilseed rape candidates are falling short of the mark set by existing varieties.

Beat the weevils who eat into profits

GRAIN GROWERS are being advised to make sure their ‘asset’ is safe in store.

'Go faster' with the latest Lexions

SCHNELLER IN German means ‘faster’ and that’s very much what Claas’ engineers at the company’s home of combine-making, Harsewinkel, in Germany, had in mind when they designed the latest generation of the Lexion 600 and the all-new 700 series harvesters.

A taste of Swedish steel

BACK IN the old days, 1000 years ago or so, it was traditional for marauding bands of Scandinavians to invade Scotland, eat and drink everything within reach, scare the women, then sail off homewards singing songs about how much fun they had just had.

Piecing together the Pitgaveny puzzle

MARTIN BIRSE is farm manager at Pitgaveny, a 2000 hectare chunk of Morayshire land stretching north from Elgin to Lossiemouth. It is his responsibility to see that 900 of those hectares are productively farmed – and it is a responsibility he takes very seriously.

Argentina – where you can grow barley for less than £50/tonne

I WAS in Argentina for a fortnight in late March/early February, just as the maize harvest was getting underway, studying its agriculture with a dozen fellow Nuffield scholars – but one of the great things about the Nuffield network is that it opens doors that remain firmly shut to most folk.